Jamaica Gleaner Sport
Published: Monday Thursday | February 26, 2009
West Indies look to rally
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP): England captain Andrew Strauss is confident his team can bounce back from a morale-sapping draw in Antigua a week ago and produce a series-levelling victory over the West Indies in the fourth Test which begins at the Kensington Oval today... Read More...
Dyson expects good Test
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): John Dyson is cautiously optimistic West Indies can lift their game to win the fourth Test against England, starting today at Kensington Oval, and complete a rare Test-series victory. The West Indies coach admitted... Read More...
ICC blames WICB
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CMC): International boards will now be required to notify the sport's world governing body in February of each year of all venues they intend to use for international matches in the following 12 months. This decision came... Read More...
Sunshine Girls eager to avoid whitewash
LONDON, England (CMC): Jamaica's Sunshine Girls go to Nottingham today determined to avoid a 3-0 shut-out at the hands of old rivals England in their three-match netball series.The English girls, who have tussled with Jamaica for the World No.3 ranking spot... Read More...
Fuller charged
STOKE, England (AP): Jamaica and Stoke striker Ricardo Fuller was charged yesterday with driving without insurance and without having a correct licence. The 29-year-old Fuller had been stopped by police close to the Premier League club's training ground... Read More...
'Bruce' cuts loose in feature
BRUCEONTHELOOSE, one of four winners for 14-time champion trainer Philip Feanny, sent his stocks soaring for the upcoming classics with an impressive victory in the Ash Wednesday Trophy overnight allowance feature over 1300 metres... Read More...
Jamaica look to build momentum - Leewards optimistic despite axing Morton
Jamaica and the Leeward Islands, fresh from sixth-round victories over the Windward Islands and the Combined Colleges and Campuses (CCC), arrived in the island full of expectations to win their West Indies Cricket Board Four-Day Championship clash ... Read More...
Gibson offers $50 student tickets
For as little as $50, school children can see triple Olympic Games gold medallist and the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt in action at Saturday's Gibson Relays, to be held at the National Stadium. Neville 'Teddy' McCook, chairman of the Gibson Relays ... Read More...
Hot Seba keep rolling - Granville to lodge protest against Wadadah
Western Bureau: Seba United extended their lead atop the standings in the 2008-09 Captain's Bakery Western Super Football League on Sunday, when goals by Ricardo Geddes (2), Delroy Ellis and Wilfred Smith gave them a big 4-0 win... Read More...
Campbell sets record
A new course record was set at the well-supported Jamaica College (JC) Foundation Golf Classic on Saturday, at the Constant Spring Golf Club. Fabian Campbell of Cassava Piece emerged the champion with a score of 61, three stokes clear of the old course... Read More...
Khan falls short
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP): Pakistan captain Younis Khan missed his opportunity to challenge Brian Lara's world-record score of 400 and Sri Lanka held off an unlikely victory push by the hosts yesterday to force a draw in the first Test.... Read More...
Lowly Santana stun Gayle
Gayle FC dropped crucial points in the race for the Captain's Bakery/Clarendon Football Association mid-season final, when they went down 1-2 to neighbours Santana FC at Alley on Saturday.Gayle, second on 15 points, went into the game confident... Read More...
